ZA857045B - Improved current collection structure for photovoltaic devices - Google Patents

Improved current collection structure for photovoltaic devices

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ZA857045B
ZA857045B ZA857045A ZA857045A ZA857045B ZA 857045 B ZA857045 B ZA 857045B ZA 857045 A ZA857045 A ZA 857045A ZA 857045 A ZA857045 A ZA 857045A ZA 857045 B ZA857045 B ZA 857045B
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Prior art keywords
current collection
photovoltaic devices
collection structure
improved current
improved
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ZA857045A
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Prem Nath
Timothy J Barnard
Dominic Crea
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers
    • H01L31/075—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers the potential barriers being only of the PIN type, e.g. amorphous silicon PIN solar cells
    • H01L31/076—Multiple junction or tandem solar cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/0224—Electrodes
    • H01L31/022408—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/022425—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells
    • H01L31/022433—Particular geometry of the grid contacts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/548—Amorphous silicon PV cells

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
ZA857045A 1984-09-24 1985-09-13 Improved current collection structure for photovoltaic devices ZA857045B (en)

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US06/653,801 US4590327A (en) 1984-09-24 1984-09-24 Photovoltaic device and method

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ZA857045B true ZA857045B (en) 1986-04-30

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US (1) US4590327A (fr)
EP (1) EP0179556B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPS6184076A (fr)
AU (1) AU4746385A (fr)
BR (1) BR8504646A (fr)
CA (1) CA1244120A (fr)
DE (1) DE3581878D1 (fr)
ES (1) ES8703683A1 (fr)
MX (1) MX157841A (fr)
ZA (1) ZA857045B (fr)

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EP0179556A3 (en) 1987-08-19
MX157841A (es) 1988-12-16
EP0179556A2 (fr) 1986-04-30
EP0179556B1 (fr) 1991-02-27
ES8703683A1 (es) 1987-02-16
BR8504646A (pt) 1986-07-15
AU4746385A (en) 1986-04-10
ES547210A0 (es) 1987-02-16
JPH0528512B2 (fr) 1993-04-26
DE3581878D1 (de) 1991-04-04
US4590327A (en) 1986-05-20
JPS6184076A (ja) 1986-04-28
CA1244120A (fr) 1988-11-01

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